{"id":13022,"date":"2016-10-27T17:02:31","date_gmt":"2016-10-27T17:02:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gpsinsight.com\/?p=13022"},"modified":"2023-03-02T15:57:56","modified_gmt":"2023-03-02T22:57:56","slug":"high-speed-joyride-foiled-with-vehicle-tracking-technology","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gpsinsight.com\/blog\/high-speed-joyride-foiled-with-vehicle-tracking-technology\/","title":{"rendered":"A High-Speed Joyride Foiled with Vehicle Tracking Technology"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A High-Speed Joyride Foiled with Vehicle Tracking Technology<\/h1>\n

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Vehicle tracking technology helps in unexpected ways<\/h4>\n

At GPS Insight, we often hear stories from customers about how our vehicle tracking technology helps them in unexpected ways. A critical use of our technology is to protect personal and company vehicles against unauthorized usage. While we have helped many of our customers combat this issue, in this case, we were the ones who benefited from the technology.<\/p>\n

An employee in our support department has our vehicle tracking technology installed on his family\u2019s vehicles. While his wife\u2019s car was being serviced at a local, reputable car dealership, he received a speeding notification from our system. He didn\u2019t think much of it and figured the dealership was test driving the vehicle.<\/p>\n

When his wife picked up the car, she noticed the digital fuel gauge was down one bar. Again, the couple didn\u2019t think much of this, thinking perhaps the dealership left the car idling while receiving service.[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text disabled_on=”|off|” admin_label=”Blog Body” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” custom_padding=”20px|||” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n

GPS Insight\u00a0reveals what happened<\/h4>\n

The next day, our employee had GPS Insight open at the kitchen table, and his wife suggested he pull up the vehicle history. The couple was shocked at what they saw. The vehicle had been driven through two neighboring cities, hitting speeds of 93 mph. To make matters worse, it also made a stop in a shady part of town for 54 seconds.<\/p>\n

Our employee contacted the dealership which was very apologetic and launched an investigation. A lot attendant who was not approved to drive customer vehicles had taken the car. The police determined he had a long criminal rap sheet, and requested the vehicle tracking data to potentially prosecute the attendant for several felonies. The dealership has since changed its policies for how car keys are handled.<\/p>\n

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If our employee didn\u2019t have GPS Insight installed, he would have no idea that any of this occurred. Vehicle tracking technology is critical to prevent unauthorized use of personal and company vehicles. If your vehicle is damaged, involved in an accident, used in a crime, or driven in an unsafe manner, both your reputation and legal liability could be at stake.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Along with the ways you expect to use a GPS tracking solution, there are many unique uses cases for this technology to improve fleet operations. By working with a GPS tracking provider, towing fleets<\/a> can solve unique concerns facing their industry.<\/p>

This blog is part three of the \u201cUnique Use Cases for GPS Tracking\u201d series and highlights two safety challenges that towing fleets have been able to solve with GPS tracking technology.<\/p>

The challenges: <\/strong><\/h2>

A unique safety challenge for towing fleets is ensuring driver safety when picking up vehicles from potentially dangerous customer locations. For the most part, tow drivers head into service requests unsure of what they will encounter. This presents a significant safety risk for towing fleets because management has no way to guarantee their drivers\u2019 safety on the job.<\/p>

Another unique safety challenge has to do with the tow trucks themselves. It is extremely hazardous for tow trucks to be driven with a power take-off (PTO) switch engaged, which is activated when the flatbed is lowered to hook up a vehicle. This could cause the tow truck\u2019s flatbed to drop to the ground with a vehicle attached while driving, which is extremely hazardous for both the driver and the public.<\/p>

How they were solved with GPS tracking: <\/strong><\/h2>

To increase driver safety during service requests, towing fleets can use a GPS tracking solution to create custom landmarks, or geo-fences, around locations that are known to be unsafe. If a particular residence has a history of violent residents or if a neighborhood is located in a bad part of town, fleet managers have the ability to let their drivers know as soon as they arrive by setting a landmark alert. Drivers will receive the alert to their cell phone to notify them as soon as they enter the landmark with a custom note about the location. For a dangerous customer site, a custom note could be, \u201cDangerous customer location! Police escort may be required.\u201d<\/p>

To ensure a tow truck\u2019s flatbed is secure when the vehicle is in motion, towing fleets can use a GPS tracking solution to setup PTO alerts. If the PTO switch is not turned off before the vehicle starts moving, a PTO alert will be sent to the driver\u2019s cell phone with a custom message so they are aware of the situation as quickly as possible. By ensuring a tow truck\u2019s flatbed is secure while driving, towing fleets will be able to prevent accidents, injuries, and even fatalities involving their tow trucks.<\/p>

There are many other unique use cases for GPS tracking alerts. By selecting a GPS tracking provider with the ability to customize its functionality, you will be able to solve the challenges that are unique to your business.<\/p>

For more information on how your business can solve unique safety challenges with GPS tracking, contact GPS Insight<\/a>!<\/p>","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[487],"tags":[1091,1090,984,1089],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gpsinsight.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13022"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gpsinsight.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gpsinsight.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gpsinsight.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/43"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gpsinsight.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13022"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.gpsinsight.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13022\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gpsinsight.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13054"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gpsinsight.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13022"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gpsinsight.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13022"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gpsinsight.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13022"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}